tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849168895706908625.post1405180770774730860..comments2011-03-28T17:47:46.618-07:00Comments on God is Love: The Withered Fig Tree and Temple Cleansing...together?!?My Heart Beats and I sighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552615380982296025noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849168895706908625.post-14983512954974119672010-05-30T14:57:28.423-07:002010-05-30T14:57:28.423-07:00brother...take your original prayer question and s...brother...take your original prayer question and sit...be still our souls...breathe.<br /><br />let the researchers do the external research.<br /><br />let us search deep within our hearts...<br />peace.My Heart Beats and I sighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552615380982296025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849168895706908625.post-4711409587747858002010-05-30T14:36:32.596-07:002010-05-30T14:36:32.596-07:00Indeed, why would He feel the need to perform a si...Indeed, why would He feel the need to perform a sign at that point? Perhaps only He knows the answer. Or maybe I just need to do a little research...<br /><br />Peace to you as well!<br /><br />Evanevanscovehttp://evanscove.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849168895706908625.post-33384422605729097372010-05-30T13:27:55.767-07:002010-05-30T13:27:55.767-07:00evan...you&#39;ve reported in your comment others&...evan...you&#39;ve reported in your comment others&#39; interpretation without hesitation. were they thinking they know better than our Lord? I invite you to share what puzzles you with the great prayer question you brought to the table, &quot;why would He curse a tree when the tree had done nothing wrong?&quot; pray with me, guy....<br />my prayer question right now, &quot;Why would He sacrifice a fig tree to perform a sign for the disciples when he complain throughout the Gospels about everyone needing signs to believe?&quot; pray with me, evan!<br />peace.<br />peace.<br />peace.boydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849168895706908625.post-21594593566742207472010-05-30T12:47:06.926-07:002010-05-30T12:47:06.926-07:00I&#39;ll admit that the story of Jesus cursing the...I&#39;ll admit that the story of Jesus cursing the fig tree has puzzled me. Why would He curse a tree when, as the text indicates, it wasn&#39;t that the tree had done anything wrong? It just wasn&#39;t the right time to find figs. Some have interpreted it as simply Jesus predicting that since no figs were on it by that time it was apparently incapable of bearing fruit in the first place. In other words, He didn&#39;t actually curse it; He was just making an observation. Or else He could have felt it necessary to perform a sign for the disciples, just like turning water into wine at Cana. Regardless, I&#39;ll defer to His wisdom and authority, rather than thinking I know better than our Lord. <br /><br />Creative way of approaching this subject. Thanks!<br /><br />Evanevanscovehttp://evanscove.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849168895706908625.post-88730583757518794602010-05-30T12:29:21.668-07:002010-05-30T12:29:21.668-07:00ah man...the first line in your comment cracks me ...ah man...the first line in your comment cracks me up! I can read it imagining your wrinkled up nose while you were typing it...ah man.<br />or the word, &#39;alright&#39; with a slight head nod while typing your comment...<br />you blog &#39;bout digressions...Maybe a Catholic needs to be digressive...digress is my middle name!<br />peace, guy!boydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849168895706908625.post-12326863292494498402010-05-30T09:38:15.957-07:002010-05-30T09:38:15.957-07:00This is an interesting way of writing, have you do...This is an interesting way of writing, have you done other posts like this?<br /><br />&quot;My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples? But you have made it a den of thieves.”<br /><br />Here Jesus quotes from Isaiah and Jeremiah, and means something particular by putting the two quotes together. Probably Jesus&#39; most scripturally-complex statement.<br /><br />&quot;forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance,so that your heavenly Father may in turn<br />forgive you your transgressions.”<br /><br />Sounds like the Lord&#39;s Prayer...imagine that.kkollwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.com